Cable support and locator structure

Claim 1

A combined support and locator for underground fixtures for use in conjunction with a metal detector of the type creating an electrical field, comprising in combination, a support base for supporting an underground fixture thereon, said support base formed of a moldable material, metallic means embedded within said support base, said metallic means having sufficient mass and density such as to respond to the field created by the metal detector, said base and metallic means being formed as an integral unit, said metallic means further including a lateral extension portion extending laterally outwardly from said metallic means being similarly embedded within said support base and projecting outwardly from the confines of said support base for a distance, said lateral extension portion being adapted for interconnection with the cable fixture supported on the support base for the purpose of grounding the same in order to permit various forms of metal detectors to be utilized to locate the subject support and locator assembly, with the cable fixture supported thereon, whereby an underground fixture may be supported on said support base and buried, may be re-located by the use of a metal detector of the type creating an electrical field which upon contsct with the embedded metallic means will generate a signal to indicate the presence of the support and locator and fixture located thereupon.